Combined envelope and letter-sheet



(No Model.)

J. F. DODD.

Combined Envelope and LetteraShee't. No. 237,374.

Patented Feb. s, 1881.

WITNESSES 'INVENTOR A TTOHNE Y.

N4 PETERS, PHOTO LITHDGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. DODD, OF MARTIN SBURG', OHIO.

COMBINED ENVELOPE AND LETTER-SHEET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 237,374, dated February8, 1881.

Application filed August 5, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES F. D0131), ofMartinsburg, in the county of Knox and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Combined Envelope and Letter-Sheet, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the shape of the blankwhich forms my combined envelope and letter-sheet. Fig. 2 is an edgeview, showing method of folding. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional viewthrough the line as of Fig. 5, showing position of the letter-sheet whenfolded. Fig. 4 is a reverse side of the envelope and letter-sheet asdistinguished from Fig. 1, with the letter folded in; and Fig. 5 is aback view of the envelope closed and ready for mailing.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined envelope andletter-sheet.

It is desirable to construct the portion which forms the envelope orouter part in such a manner that when it is opened no part of the letteror envelope would be mutilated; and, further, to provide a safe andeffectual guard against opening and abstracting the contents of theenvelope without destroying the same. To meet this want I haveconstructed a blank, as shown in Fig. 1, which is simply in the form ofa rectangular piece of paper having near the upper end triangular flapsA on the sides, removed far enough from the upper end to permit one foldabout the width of the ordinary envelope A. These flaps need notnecessarily be triangular in form, since the narrow form shown in dottedlines D will answer the purpose as well 5 butIprefer the flaps A, asshown.

I propose to utilize the face of the envelope for a double purpose:first, to give the return address when the envelope is closed and,second, to use this same address as portion of the letter, or what istermed the letter-head, when the envelope is opened. Thus on the upperleft-hand corner I place the words If not called for, &c., or theirequivalent, with the address of the sender printed in the lowerleft-hand corner, as shown by Martinsburg, Ohio. Below the folding-lineE, and in the body of the sheet B, the date-line is placed, asrepresented by June 10 in the drawings.

In folding, the side containing the address, as shown in Fig. 1, isreversed, and the parts B B are folded over on the parts A B, across theline F. The parts B B are then folded over on the parts A B across theline E, as

shown in Fig. 4. The flaps A and the upper part of the envelope 0 thenremain extended. The upper part, 0, is then folded down and the endflaps, A, folded in, as shown in Fig. 5. An oblong flap, A, cut out ofpart B, eX- tending along the line E, is then folded over the whole. Grrepresents the gummed surface, and it will be observed that the portiongummed covers the entire edge, excepting that side formed by the lap O.

In opening the sheet the flaps A are out along the lines F and the flapA along the line E. The letter-sheet and envelope will then appearentire, as shown in Fig. 1, minus the flaps A A, which leaves it inexcellent form for filing.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a combined envelope and letter-sheet, a

blank provided with triangular flaps A on the sides near the upper end,and having at the fold E an oblong flap, A, cut out from theletter-sheet, which is adapted to embrace the ends of the flap A whenfolded, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

I JAMES FOSTER DOlDD.

' Witnesses:

R. H. MORGAN, T. B. Moms.

